Allan Guthrie — Bio

Allan Guthrie writes dark (and sometimes comic) crime fiction. He was born in Orkney, but has lived in Edinburgh for most of his adult life. He is married to Donna.

His first novel, Two-Way Split, was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger and went on to win the 2007 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year. His second novel, Kiss Her Goodbye, was nominated for Edgar, Anthony and Gumshoe awards.

He is also the author of the novels Hard Man, winner of the inaugural Spinetingler award for Best Novel — New Voice, and Savage Night, plus the novellas, Kill Clock, Killing Mum and the top ten Amazon Kindle bestseller, Bye Bye Baby. His latest novel is Slammer.

When he's not writing, Allan is a literary agent with Jenny Brown Associates.

Allan is represented by Mark Stanton at Jenny Brown Associates.